The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Women's Rugby World Cup stars can't wait to meet supporters and celebrate the win publicly. An event to mark the Black Ferns' win is planned for Parliament on December 13. Just-retired Black Fern Kendra Cocksedge told Mike Hosking the support over the past few months has been incredible, and she can't wait to celebrate the win with everyone. She says it gives them time to reflect on what they'...

A warning that new housing densification rules could mean homes will be built on areas most at risk of natural hazards. It's believed under legislation like the National Policy Statement on Urban Development, a building boom will be triggered forcing councils to allow more dense development. EQC Chief Resilience and Research Officer Jo Horrocks told Mike Hosking there could be unintended consequen...

Trump's reinstatement on Twitter may not drive as many people off the platform as first thought. Elon Musk has reinstated the Former US President's account. It's just the latest controversial decision from the new Twitter owner, that have angered many of the website's users. But Gorilla Technology Chief Executive Paul Spain told Mike Hosking many important Twitters users can't afford to lose the f...

So what advantage does Winston Peters give himself by ruling out Labour after the election? His famous trick, if that’s what you want to call it, was to play guessing games. He always said the voters would decide, which of course they never did. The voters voted and then Peters decided based on what he wanted to do. By ruling out Labour this time is he playing a new trick? He ruled "this lot" out....

Winston Peters is adamant he's willing to relinquish the role of king-maker. The New Zealand First Leader told Mike Hosking he's standing by his commitment to not go back into government with Labour - claiming the party lied to him about its plans for co-governance arrangements. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealanders have a long way to go when it comes to road safety. Seven people have died following multiple crashes this weekend, in what police say were avoidable. Police say one of the biggest challenges they face is that messages are not getting through to motorists on how to prevent crashes. Assistant Police Commissioner Bruce O'Brien told Mike Hosking they would see a significant reduction i...

Several people are in critical condition, after a mass-shooting in a US gay night club. Five people are dead, and another 18 injured, after a gunman opened fire at Club Q in Colorado Springs. The suspect -22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich- is being treated for injuries while in custody. US correspondent, Richard Arnold says it echoes 2016's Orlando gay night club shooting massacre. He says it appea...

Our emergency motel housing is being described as a sad situation, as the longest stay now stretches more than three years. Figures show more than a thousand people have stayed in them for longer than a year. In 2018, just three people had been in emergency motels for more than a year... but that number now sits at 12-hundred. Social housing advocate Bernie Smith says when National introduced emer...

GPs say the sector is on the verge of a crisis with fears the New Zealand system will end up being severely understaffed. The General Practice Owners Association claims many doctors are leaving New Zealand, as other countries pay medical professions more. The group's launching a campaign asking for higher pay and more resources to support the sector. Association Deputy Chair Angus Chambers told Mi...

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.   The Black Ferns: 9/10 "It all came together in that magical way only sport can deliver. Home crowd, underdog, tight finish, and high drama. It was sensational."   Three Waters: 3/10 "The changes from select committee were dumped this time last week in that usual Machiavellian w...

Well blow me down if we don’t have a confession from the Commerce Commission. We could, they tell us in a revelation that was plain for all to see well before Megan Woods ever came along, get a better deal on petrol if only, we went to the petrol station across the road. That's right; this is from the Commerce Commission, the group who have under this Government snooped their way through supermark...

The Canterbury Jockey Club are calling on their patrons to have a moral conscious. After heavy flooding on Saturday lead to the postponing of Cup Day, Riccarton racegoers have been offered a full refund on their tickets, but it seems to a bit of an empty gesture after Canterbury Jockey Club asked attendees to consider not claiming their share. Staff spent close to half a million dollars setting up...

Few are surprised that many Kiwis want the fuel tax cut to be extended. A new poll states that more than two-thirds of respondents want the current fuel tax cut extended until annual inflation is below 3 per cent. In the 12 months to September 2022 inflation was at 7.2 per cent. On current forecasts that would mean extending the cut until the middle of 2024, costing more than $2 billion. Gull NZ g...

All Blacks coach Ian Foster's lauding Brodie Retallick as the veteran lock brings up his 100th test cap. Retallick returns from suspension to start in the second row for the year-ending test against England at Twickenham on Sunday morning. It'll also be a record 64th test start alongside captain Sam Whitelock. Foster says Retallick is a workhorse. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

A $1.2 billion overhaul of the Special Education system was promised by the Government yesterday. Instead of a bit of buffing around the edges it is said to be a whole new system of doing things, requiring significant ongoing new investment. The overhaul would include teachers getting more specialised training for working with disabled children, along with families, teachers and ministry staff bei...

An employers group says it's been forced to play a part in the Government's new Fair Pay Agreements system. The Government had offered the lobby group funding to act on behalf of employers that need representation and play a supporting role in the system more generally. But BusinessNZ says it wanted nothing to do with the scheme, partly due to its compulsory nature. Advocacy Director Catherine Bea...

The National Party says their new policy to deal with youth crime is a result of listening to the victims. It's promising to set up Young Offender Military Academies for 15 to 17-year-olds, if it's elected next year. The party also wants to put electric monitoring devices on children as young as 10-years-old. Police spokesperson, Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking one shop owner he's spoken to has re...

You would be a fool to rule Donald Trump out. Part of the reason Ron DeSantis got so many headlines last week was because he won well on a day the Republicans didn’t do what they thought they would do - and because a lot of people from all over the political spectrum wanted to rub Trump's face in it. DeSantis on any other day for a lot of people would be as big a problem becoming president as Trum...

Time to catch up with one of our favourite medical minds. Dr. Michael Mosley has become a household name for his television show Trust Me, I’m a Doctor and his many other specials. He's is a trained doctor, science journalist, television presenter, best-selling author of many health and wellbeing books, gut specialist and the brains behind the hugely popular ‘5:2 Diet’. And he's coming back to the...

After two years of stunted growth our local economies could be doing better than we realise. With international tourism boosting activity over the winter season, the South Island and Auckland saw some of the strongest economic gains over the last year, specifically in the September 2022 quarter. However, questions remain over how New Zealand will find the resources to support a strong summer of to...

Research is set to be conducted on sharks following a fatal attack last year at Waihi Beach. Kaelah Marlow died after the 19-year-old was attacked by a great white shark. The just-released Coroner's report  notes more information on sharks could be important. Now, a project has been launched to track sharks in an app after receiving more than $30,000 in donations. Research lead Dr Riley Elliott to...

Calls for both sides to take Donald Trump's 2024 Presidential bid very seriously. The former President announced yesterday afternoon his bid for a second stab at the White House. In his speech, he claimed the war in Ukraine wouldn't have happened if he'd been President, and also continued to deny his loss in 2020. Former Republican Party Communications Director Doug Heye told Mike Hosking it's a v...

A glimmer of hope is in sight for split migrant families. It's believed the Government is creating a priority pathway for family members stuck overseas. The issue was meant to be fixed by the Covid R21 visa, which replaced the family reunification border exemption, but instead left many waiting months in limbo. Immigration adviser David Cooper told Mike Hosking most of the holdup has been down to...

Nato member Poland and the head of the military alliance both say a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people on Tuesday (yesterday NZ time) did not appear to be an intentional attack, and that air defences in neighbouring Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile against a Russian bombardment that savaged the Ukrainian power grid. “Ukraine’s defence was launching their miss...

A couple of things made one of the latest robberies a little different. Firstly, one of the witnesses called it a ram raid. I'm not sure it was. It looked more like good old fashioned daylight robbery, but it shows you how quickly language is adopted and adapted. The Ellerslie jeweller in Auckland was turned over by a bunch of thugs. They were rounded up and five of them and appeared in court yest...